John, I have a 64 TR4 and refinished the dash myself 4 years ago. It looks
great and I have had NO problems. 1) The dash is the original; the top
finish was cracked and dull. First thing I did was to get a light stripper
material from Sears. I applied it to the dash, then VERY gently scrapped the
layers of the original top finish off. The dash is made of plywood layers
with a thin Walnut veneer for the last layer. I was worried that the veneer
would be damaged - but it wasn't. I oiled the BACK of the dash since it was
very dry - I used linseed oil. I then painted the edges where the gauges
and air vents fit (with a brown gloss paint) . When the paint was dry I
used DAP gloss polyurethane coating. The only problem which I had was that
everytime we sprayed the dash it resulted in "fisheyes" and I had to scrape
it again. This happened three times and was really discouraging. After
some thought I bought some sponge brushes - available just about everwhere-
and used them to apply the coating. After it dryed I sanded it with
ultra-fine (2000 I think) sandpaper. I then gave it three more coats -
sanding between each one. Best advice I can give you is to take ur time. Of
course the dash was out of the car - so I also cleaned up all the gauges etc
while they were out -sounds as if you have the dash out already. I ordered
new screws and washers from TRF and they were exact. Don't know about 250
fittings however. By the way I am the original owner of the car -having
picked it up at the factory in 1964 - so I know what it looked like then. If
the 250 had a flat rather than gloss finish use a flat DAP. Hope this helps.
If u have any other questions give a holler!
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